Re: Problems creating a simple variable

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Adams) wrote: > use Time::localtime; > my $tm = localtime; > printf("The current date is > %04d%02d%02d\n",$tm->year+1900,($tm->mon)+1, $tm->mday); > my $currentdate = ?? > print ($currentdate); As others mentioned, you need sprintf. But just another hint: #!/usr/bin/p

Re: Problems creating a simple variable

Dave Adams wrote: I want to create a variable, to be used for other stuff, using today's date. Can anyone help me with the second last line? sure :) my $currentdate = '20050721'; You don't explain what you are trying to get as most of us can't read your mind or have time to extrapolate fr

Re: Problems creating a simple variable

Huh? What do you want it to be? On 7/21/05, Dave Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to create a variable, to be used for other stuff, using today's date. > > Can anyone help me with the second last line? > > use Time::localtime; > my $tm = localtime; > printf("The current date is > %04d%

Re: Problems creating a simple variable

On Jul 21, Dave Adams said: I want to create a variable, to be used for other stuff, using today's date. And what do you want it to look like? The MMDD format you have printing? use Time::localtime; my $tm = localtime; printf("The current date is %04d%02d%02d\n",$tm->year+1900,($tm->m

Re: Problems creating a simple variable

not sure how you would work your version, but here is what i use all the time, maybe it will be easier for you as well... my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime; my $am_pm = $hour > 11 ? " PM" : " AM"; $year += 1900; $mon += 1; $sec = "0" . $sec if $sec < 10;